HELSINKI — China is set to launch its second Tianwen deep space exploration mission late May, targeting both a near Earth asteroid and a main belt comet. The Tianwen-2 spacecraft is now being ...

Not long ago, the idea of mining in space sounded like something out of a sci-fi novel. But today, it’s a field that scientists and engineers are seriously exploring. Why? Because tucked away in our ...

May 28 (UPI) --China Wednesday launched its Tianwen-2 space mission to collect asteroid samples and conduct a main-belt comet study. A LongMarch 3B rocket lifted off from Xichang Satellite Launch ...

China envisions exploring the solar system, and it seems that would happen soon. The country launched Tianwen-2, an innovative space probe tasked with retrieving samples from an uncharted asteroid and ...

In this Q&A, His Excellency Eng. Salem Butti Salem Al Qubaisi discusses the UAE's ambitious space journey from Earth observation to deep space exploration through the Emirates Mars Mission and ...

[Editor's Note: Follow the Khaleej Times live blog for real-time updates on Dubai Airshow 2025.] The UAE Space Agency showcased two of its most anticipated deep space projects at Dubai Airshow 2025, ...

We’ve all seen this happen in a science-fiction movie: our plucky heroes jump into their ramshackle spaceship and escape the bad guys by flying through the treacherous asteroid belt, where huge rocks ...

Jessica Barnes examines a vial containing sample particles at the Kuiper-Arizona Laboratory for Astromaterials Analysis, located at the University of Arizona. Asteroid Bennu — the target of NASA's ...

The Ramses mission just got more complex, and more interesting. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Breaking space news, the latest ...

The spacecraft, bound for a metallic asteroid, turned to snap a striking image of our home planet from 180 million miles away. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate ...